This account is pending registration confirmation. Please click on the link within the confirmation email previously sent you to complete registration.Need a new registration confirmation email? Click here

Illinois Tool Works Inc (ITW): Today's Featured Industrial Laggard

Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model.

Illinois Tool Works (
ITW) pushed the Industrial industry lower today making it today's featured Industrial laggard. The industry as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Illinois Tool Works fell 76 cents (-1.3%) to $58.81 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2.9 million shares of Illinois Tool Works exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.2 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $58.56-$59.84 after having opened the day at $59.58 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $59.57. Other companies within the Industrial industry that declined today were:
NF Energy Saving (
NFEC), down 16.1%,
Tecumseh Products Company (
TECUB), down 9.7%,
MKS Instruments (
MKSI), down 5.9%, and
MRC Global (
MRC), down 4.7%.

ACTIVE STOCK TRADERS: Get full access to Jim Cramer's thoughts for less than $3/week - sometimes before he says them on TV! Start with a 14-Day Free Trial.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. manufactures various industrial products and equipment worldwide. Illinois Tool Works has a market cap of $27.88 billion and is part of the
industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.9, above the average industrial industry P/E ratio of 12.4 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 27.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate Illinois Tool Works a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and six rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Illinois Tool Works as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook.